The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

"I...I don't know, I just suddenly feel very sad........."

Wiping away her tears, Kagura Tsuchimiya shook her head blankly, yet her heart remained filled with sorrow.

"Suddenly feeling extremely sad? Could it be...?"

Isayama Naraku, after all, had been through it all.

After recalling his conversation with Kagura Tsuchimiya the day before, he realized that the worst-case scenario had occurred.

"Uncle Naraku, do you know what happened?"

Hearing that Isayama Naraku had only said half of what he wanted to say, Tsuchimiya Kagura turned her gaze to him.

"of course."

Isayama Naraku gave a bitter laugh, then looked up at the lampshade above him and used all his strength to voice his guess.

"Your father, Tsuchimiya Gyaga, has likely perished..."

After saying that, Kagura Tsuchimiya suddenly felt that Naraku Isayama in front of her had aged decades.

However, she couldn't worry about Isayama Naraku's situation right now.

"Father, has he passed away?"

Sitting there blankly, recalling what Isayama Naraku had just told her, Tsuchimiya Kagura could hardly believe it.

She had talked with Tsuchimiya Yaraku for a long time last night. At that time, although Tsuchimiya Yaraku's health was not very good, he should have been able to hold on for a few more months.

How could he have suddenly perished?

Just as Kagura Tsuchimiya was completely at a loss, her phone rang.

"Hey?"

Seeing Hachiman Hikigaya's name displayed on the screen, Kagura Tsuchimiya hurriedly answered the phone.

"...Kagura".

After a long silence, Hachiman Hikigaya's solemn voice came through the phone.

"Thud..."

Hearing Hachiman Hikigaya speak to her in that tone, Kagura Tsuchimiya lost her grip and her phone slipped from her hand and fell to the ground.

Meanwhile, Hachiman Hikigaya's voice continued to come through the phone.

"I'm so sorry, your father has passed away!"

.........

Time goes back to ten minutes ago.

After Tsuchimiya Garaku received aid from Hikigaya Hachiman, he once again began vying with the Nine-Tailed Fox for control of Byakuei.

During the exchange, both sides attacked each other several times in an attempt to distract the other, but all attempts failed.

The stalemate lasted for several more minutes.

Just when Hachiman Hikigaya thought the standoff between the two sides would continue, Tsuchimiya Gakura suddenly made a decision that he couldn't understand at all.

He actually relinquished control of Bai Rui and released his own seal on Bai Rui!

"what?"

By the time Hachiman Hikigaya realized what Gyagami Tsuchimiya had done, it was too late to make amends.

Bai Rui was directly absorbed into the Nine-Tailed Fox's body, which replenished most of the spirit stone in its heart, leaving only a few small cracks that needed repair!

Sensing the surging aura behind the Nine-Tailed Fox, Hachiman Hikigaya didn't have time to question Tsuchimiya Gakura about what he was planning. He wanted her to take Isayama Mei away so he could have a final battle with the Nine-Tailed Fox.

However, despite his strength not being at the Emperor level, but only at the mid-Royal level, Tsuchimiya Yagura shook his head and rejected Hikigaya Hachiman's suggestion. After saying a lot of things like "Please take good care of my daughter in the future," he charged towards the Nine-Tailed Fox, whose strength had greatly increased.

"court death!"

Facing the overconfident Tsuchimiya Yagaku, the Nine-Tailed Fox, whose strength had recovered to some extent and whose confidence had soared, raised her head and unleashed a beam of light that obliterated him.

However, before the nine-tailed fox could even feel smug, the earth suddenly shook, and then a magic circle that completely covered Tokyo appeared before everyone's eyes.

From afar, Hachiman Hikigaya, holding Mei Isayama, saw in the sky that each node of the magic circle was guarded by about three psychics.

Although those people were generally of low strength, they were sufficient as intermediaries for transmitting spiritual energy!

Tsuchimiya Yagaku paid the price with his life to have the magic circle enveloping Tokyo lock onto the power fluctuations of the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Driven by members of the Tugong family who had been arranged in advance, the massive magic array began to operate rapidly.

The spiritual energy that traversed countless ley lines beneath Tokyo was extracted and transformed into several massive chains that firmly bound the nine-tailed fox.

At the same time, the entire formation began to rotate, emitting a white light powerful enough to purify all evil spirits!

Everything happened too suddenly.

Hachiman Hikigaya only felt a flash of white light before his eyes, and then he heard the shrill howl of the nine-tailed fox.

Once visibility was restored.

Apart from the devastated ruins, the nine-tailed fox had vanished without a trace.

"It's been purified?"

Hachiman Hikigaya looked at the scene before him with some doubt.

The power of that purifying light far exceeded his expectations, especially since it was activated by the combined forces of the entire underground ley lines of Tokyo.

Even if the nine-tailed fox were to be eliminated as a result, it would seem reasonable.

[The nine-tailed fox has only suffered severe injuries; please do not let your guard down.]

While Hachiman Hikigaya's vision was obstructed, the system clearly perceived how the Nine-Tailed Fox escaped in the white light and then fled with her heavily injured body.

The system recommends that the host immediately pursue and eliminate the enemy.

"Of course I know this."

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot, and now that the Nine-Tailed Fox is seriously injured, it is the best time to eliminate her. Hachiman Hikigaya would certainly not miss this opportunity.

But before that...

Thinking of Tsuchimiya Gakura's dying request, Hikigaya Hachiman sighed and took out his phone.

..............

"Damn the Tsuchimiya family!"

The nine-tailed fox, now in human form, stumbled back into the abandoned shrine.

When it saw Isayama Yomi standing in the hall like a puppet, the resentment in its heart could no longer be contained.

A crisp "snap!" echoed in the hall.

Seeing the red mark on Isayama Yomi's face, a hint of pleasure flashed in the nine-tailed fox's eyes.

But then it remembered that Isayama Yomi was its last puppet, and it immediately withdrew its intention to slap him a few more times.

"We'll talk when you're no longer useful!"

The nine-tailed fox glared angrily at Isayama Yomi, then regained Isayama Yomi's senses, repaired its appearance, and went back into the shrine to recuperate.

A few minutes later.

Isayama Yomi, whose memory has been disrupted, slowly awakens.

After looking around at the hallucinations, wondering why she had returned when she should have been at the Isayama residence, the nine-tailed fox suddenly called her inside.

Chapter 369

"Lord Nine-Tailed Fox..."

Isayama Yomi knelt on one knee in the hall, looking respectfully at the back of the nine-tailed fox and said.

"Go and kill Tsuchimiya Kagura for me."

With his back to Isayama Yomi, the nine-tailed fox gave the order without a trace of emotion.

"what?"

Upon hearing the name Tsuchimiya Kagura, Isayama Yomi felt as if something within her body had been awakened.

However, the nine-tailed fox spirit mark on her forehead quickly brought her back to her senses.

"I understand."

Suppressing her doubts, Isayama Yomi obediently nodded and then turned and walked out of the shrine.

"They'll most likely betray us."

Watching Isayama Yomi's departing figure, the nine-tailed fox's eyes were filled with coldness.

It held absolutely no hope that Isayama Yomi would succeed in assassinating Tsuchimiya Kagura.

After all, Isayama Yomi's unusual behavior earlier, and her hesitation when she heard Tsuchimiya Kagura just now, were enough to prove that Isayama Yomi was no longer qualified as a puppet.

"So be it if they betray us. As long as they serve a purpose, that's enough."

Thinking of the purpose for which she had asked Sanzu River and Hiro to make the two puppets, the Nine-Tailed Fox's face returned to calm.

Then it stood up and came to Yuri Chuanhua's side, and began to absorb the life force in her body.

.............

After receiving the mission to assassinate Tsuchimiya Kagura, Isayama Yomi rushed to Tokyo without stopping.

Meanwhile, after finishing his phone call, Hachiman Hikigaya followed the system's guidance and headed towards the abandoned shrine where the Nine-Tailed Fox was hiding.

Due to a deviation in the route, and because Yomi Isayama deliberately concealed her presence, Hachiman Hikigaya did not encounter Yomi Isayama.

The two passed each other by, each heading towards their own goals.

When Hachiman Hikigaya arrived at the abandoned shrine, it was already deserted.

"Did they leave not long ago?"

After checking the surroundings, Hachiman Hikigaya immediately deduced when the Nine-Tailed Fox had left.

However, what puzzled him was that the nine-tailed fox's evil aura stopped after it returned here.